With Liu Tai's order, Wenchen had Chu Yi, Zhang Song, and Cao Wei in the ranks, and military generals had Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, Zhao An, Su Jun, and Yu Yao.

Tian Yu is still hiding in Jiaozhou Bay to train the water army at the moment, Yang Man represents Liu Tai to win over the Yanzhou scholars, Liu Yao stands at the door like a door god, not letting other people approach, as for Xi Jian, he is responsible for bowing his head and making meeting minutes.

"No, is Wang Jun crazy?" Zhang Song was full of incomprehension of the situation in front of him,

"Wang Jun and Liu Kun fought for Jizhou, even though Liu Kun was defeated, he collected the autumn grain, and the food was sufficient, but didn't he need to let the soldiers rest, so he directly led the army to attack us?"

Regarding Zhang Song's words, several people present were full of incomprehension.

Although Liu Tai occupied the three counties of Jizhou and was ready to defend, he didn't want to fight Wang Jun directly so soon.

To be more precise, Tian Yu's naval army has not yet been figured out, and he has no means to win.

What is more important now is to occupy territory and increase one's overall war potential.

As such, Liu Tai's target was actually the neighboring counties of Taishan County, Jibei, Dongping, and Luguo.

First of all, Liu Tai took the initiative to open up the prescription for the treatment of the plague, and then the Taishan Goat Clan Yangman was the leading party, Liu Tai wanted to take these counties without a problem at all, and after taking Yanzhou and other places, it would be easier for him to further penetrate the Central Plains.

In Wang Jun's opinion, Shi Le just won Xiangguo this year, and he may not even have time to replant, and he doesn't know if he will have anything to eat next year.

Wang Jun just finished dealing with Liu Kun this year, no matter what, he must cultivate well, aren't the soldiers tired of war?

Therefore, in Liu Tai's view, this year should be the time when his Qingzhou can develop greatly.

In the next year or even the year after that, after Tian Yu trained the navy, it was not Wang Jun looking for Liu Tai, but Liu Tai going to find Wang Jun.

But Wang Jun barely let the soldiers have any rest, and led the army south without hesitation.

This made Liu Tai sit on wax, and his original plan would inevitably be interrupted.

Although Liu Tai never thought that the plan he made could be implemented smoothly without any turmoil, the current situation still made Liu Tai depressed.

"Anyway, Wang Jun is already here." Liu Tai glanced at Chu Yu and said,

"Mouyuan, you are familiar with the situation on the front line, so it is up to you to introduce our current situation to everyone!"

"No!" Chu Yu heard Liu Tai's words and nodded, "According to the report from General Wang on the front line, Qi Hong led 50,000 Youzhou cavalry to the south this time, known as 200,000.

Among them, there are two elites who need to be careful, one is Qi Hong's headquarters, known as Red Blood, and the other is the Xianbei cavalry, the Hun soldiers are so arrogant, but in the face of the Xianbei soldiers borrowed by Liu Kun, they are also defeated in a battle.

As for the rest of the soldiers, they are also veterans who have followed Wang Jun for many years, and this time Wang Jun made a move, not to be underestimated!

However, the defense of Nanpi City was arranged by General Wang Sang, and I personally made adjustments to ensure that there were no woods for at least twenty miles.

According to the general's orders, in some places that are especially suitable for horses to gallop, the people were mobilized to dig caverns for simple cover.

Now the river is frozen and they have the ability to cross the river, but in the same way, the winter sun and snow have also provided the best cover for the hole we dug. ”

The Horse Limit Cave is not too high-level, it is just a hole about the size of a bowl but about the length of an arm.

It's easy to say if you usually walk and step on it, but if you get stuck in a horse's leg while running, you will have to break a leg.

Liu Tai used this kind of thing as a mine, digging some in some places that were more suitable for horses to gallop.

I don't expect the other side to reduce the number of personnel, but just hope that the other side will be demoralized.

After all, horses are more expensive than people, no matter how common they are in the north!

Not to mention the training of a cavalryman, whether in terms of time or cost, it is much higher than the cost of this horse trap.

Therefore, when Chu Yu went to the north, Liu Tai asked Chu Yu to encourage the people to dig the horse trap.

Of course, the entire excavated map fell into Chu Yu's hands, otherwise if his cavalry didn't know whether it was safe under his feet, wouldn't it be a joke.

"What about the local people?" Liu Tai couldn't help but ask when he heard Chu Yu's words.

"It has been publicized to the local people that Wang Jun's army is arrogant and barbaric, and has slaughtered countless villages.

If you see Wang Jun's army coming in the future, you will hide in the county seat if you have the opportunity, and if you are in your own village, you must defend the village. ”

Chu Yu looked at Liu Taidao and said, "Now the village in the north is not guarded by a wall, and it was destroyed under the attack of the beggar army.

Now almost every family has people in the government soldiers, and they will not easily compromise with Wang Jun's army.

Of course, even if it is a compromise, it will not be difficult for us to get it back in the future! ”

Although Chu Yi didn't understand that Liu Tai attached so much importance to the people when he was arming the defense, Chu Yu still didn't think that this village could play any role in the final battle.

After all, after the final duel, the people will be very obedient to the ruler.

In the eyes of the family, the people at the bottom are just cattle and sheep, how can cattle and sheep care who the shepherd dog is!

"Zhao An, after you arrived at the front line, you were mainly responsible for the communication of each village, using the people as eyes and ears, specifically responsible for blocking the scouts under Qi Hong's command, as well as a small group of troops, and even logistics support.

The purpose of Qi Hong is to make Qi Hong's troops blind and deaf, and they can't even borrow a little bit of strength from the local people! ”

Liu Tai looked at Zhao An and said, "Do you understand this way of fighting?" ”

"Just like you said, my lord, our troops gather like a fire, scattered with stars, go deep into the people, and mobilize the people to fight the enemy!" Zhao An smiled when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"Is it really feasible to let the troops go like this?" When Zhang Song heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but be full of surprise.

"Zhang Zhubo, our army is different from other armies, and even needs to help the people work regularly like the government soldiers, so that we can better integrate into the people!" Zhao An said confidently to Zhang Song.

"Hmm!" Liu Tai nodded and said to Zhang Song: "It is very important to have a head-to-head confrontation on the battlefield, but behind each combat soldier is a sufficient number of auxiliaries as support.

The vast majority of the auxiliaries, in addition to conscription, were more likely to forcibly conscript the local people.

Zhao An's war department pays attention to stepping and riding, gathering and scattering, and scattering the people who can mobilize the front-line positions, so that they can provide us with information and carry out targeted attacks on the other side.

Gathering is to be able to reunite the originally fragmented corps at the time of the real decisive battle and attack the weak links of the opponent.

There will definitely be various problems in this whole process, but the main idea is that this strange army uses the local people to harass the overall logistics of the other side, and forces the other party to have flaws in the accumulation of small amounts. ”

Because Zhao An led the troops relatively kindly, the tun commanders under his command and the military history were relatively independent.

If Zhao An is allowed to command by himself, Zhao An will almost be the commander of all the commands with me.

However, it is relatively much more convenient to let Zhao An's entire army harass and fight against the other party in the way of fighting behind enemy lines.

However, there are two very big problems with this model, one is that the quality of the soldiers is relatively high, and you can't disperse and become bandits.

Liu Tai attaches great importance to military discipline, and even more so that the soldiers under his command have the common idea of opposing the Jin Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty, but he does not dare to guarantee that after the soldiers are released, they will not directly slip in their minds and then not come back.

Therefore, each tun is equipped with at least two military histories, one is responsible for recording the combat diaries of scattered days, and the other is to allow them to constantly repeat the thoughts of their subordinates, so that they can always be alert to their own positioning and tasks.

In this regard, Zhao An's troops can be regarded as the most reassuring in Liu Tai's heart.

If even they can't do it, then the rest of their troops don't have to think about fighting behind enemy lines.

Compared with the ideological problem, another problem is how to connect with the teams after they are dispersed.

Now the only way Liu Tai can think of is to give them the horses he doesn't have much, and let them strengthen the bond through horses.

As for the rest, it is more necessary for Zhao An to overcome them one by one in practice, anyway, Liu Tai has nothing to do.

However, the battle in this era is not sword versus artillery, both sides are at the same level of technology.

Liu Tai regarded the people as a force that could be co-opted, so he asked Zhao An to win over the people and develop the base areas behind enemy lines.

The other party treats the people as consumables and frantically robs the local people, just as a resource bank, so sooner or later they will have the upper hand.

Liu Tai felt that the Chinese people were the most resistant and fighting people, and what they needed was just a spark that burned at a point.

And Zhao An's work is not very conspicuous at first, but they will become a spark in the end.

"Mr. Chu, you are responsible for raising grain and grass, Uncle Cao, you are responsible for material scheduling, Yu Yao, you maintain the stability of Qingzhou, Su Jun, you continue to fight the army, everything is based on Mr. Chu's decision, and the order to seek the distance is my order!" Liu Tai said to everyone.

"Zhang Song, Liu Ming, Zhou Ping, Ge Xin, you go with me on the expedition, and when you have all the supplies, you will immediately lead the army of 30,000 to the north.

Let's go to meet Qi Hong and see what kind of first law the first general under Wang Jun is! ”

At this moment, Liu Tai made the final decision categorically.

Hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone present also responded to Liu Tai's salute.

With Liu Tai's order, the entire Qingzhou was quickly mobilized.

However, before Liu Tai and Qi Hong fought, at this moment, Qi Hong couldn't help but squint his eyes as he looked at Nanpi Cheng, who was facing him.

It's only been two months, and in such a short period of time, the defensive facilities of the entire Nanpi City have improved a lot.

Not to mention, the small battlements that were originally just made of mud are now a bit like small city walls.

To be honest, Qi Hong felt that Wang Jun's decision not to rest after beating Liu Kun and directly pulling the army here was correct.

Otherwise, if he waited any longer, Qi Hong felt that the next time he saw Nanpi, he was afraid that this place would be expanded into a complete fortress.

Just at this moment, facing Nanpi City in front of him, Qi Hong also had a vague headache.

The river was crossed smoothly in winter, but again because it was winter, the logistics were not easy.

And I don't know if the trees around Nanpi City are all used by the guards in Nanpi City to arm Nanpi City, anyway, I don't see many trees at a glance.

For the besieging side, there are no siege weapons without trees, after all, it is impossible to build many siege equipment from Youzhou City, and then transport it all the way to Nanpi to fight.

Therefore, the number of woods in a place determines the key to the success of one's own attack on the city.

This is also the first time that many cities have attacked very smoothly, but if you want to continue to attack, the cost of attack will be higher and higher.

Of course, for Qi Hong, if he really fought a siege battle, the two most elite cavalry under his command had no chance to show their strength.

After all, no matter who comes, it is impossible for the cavalry to attack the city!

In the face of this city, there is really no other way to either rely on the engineering soldiers to build engineering equipment a little bit of consumption, or rely on the soldiers to grind a little bit!

Therefore, when Qi Hong set up camp, he wanted to trick Wang Sang into coming out of the city and plundering his camp.

After all, compared to attacking the city, it is too easy for the field to fight, there are Xianbei cavalry, there are his own personal soldiers and red blood horses, Qi Hong is not afraid of any opponent.

But the reality is that Wang Sang watched Qi Hong set up camp smoothly, and he didn't have the slightest intention of attacking.

Qi Hong understood that the guard in front of him was not the kind of adventurous guy, on the contrary, with a little caution.

And such an opponent is definitely a nightmare for the besieging side, which shows that if you want to take this city, you must pay the price of blood.

While Qi Hong was preparing siege weapons, he let the Xianbei cavalry start to raid the surrounding villages and towns.

This is a very normal thing, now that it is winter, the sky is starting to drift with snowflakes, and there is no food to supply in the wilderness.

If you rely on the food supply behind you, the pressure is too great, so it is better to use the Xianbei cavalry to plunder the local area.

After all, wisdom will be eaten by the enemy. Eat the enemy for one minute, and be my twenty bells; One stone, when I have twenty stones.

Under such circumstances, almost all the county towns and villages around Nanpi were harassed by the Xianbei cavalry.

Even if the surrounding villages have walls to rely on, and the villagers try their best to resist them, it is not easy to resist them.

More villages were routed by the Xianbei cavalry, who killed and plundered, and their favorite thing was to do this kind of oily but light work, which is precisely because of this.

And half of the materials they looted were handed over to Qi Hong, especially the grain, which had to be handed over to the seventh layer.

Under such circumstances, Qi Hong turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of the Xianbei cavalry.

After all, for Qi Hong, when he captured Nanpi City, he also had to slaughter and loot the city, otherwise how could he let his subordinates vent the anger and resentment in their hearts.

After the next shift, you don't have to wait.

(End of chapter)